Trade groups renew fuel duty pleas as Autumn Budget looms

Budget: Keep your foot off fuel duty, logistics chief tells Chancellor

For Logistics UK chief executive Ben Fletcher, the Budget is not just about lorries and fuel tanks, but a want for ministers to see his industry as the thread running through every other sector: retail, manufacturing, construction, hospitality, all of which depend on goods moving efficiently around the country.

Planned fuel duty rises will drive up costs for hauliers

The road haulage industry has warned the chancellor that planned fuel duty increases next year could push hauliers to the wall and worsen the cost-of-living crisis, writes Peter Brown. Global pressure on oil prices, driven by conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, means pump prices are already volatile ahead of any tax increase. Fuel […]

Trade groups renew fuel duty pleas as Autumn Budget looms

Transport trade associations are urging government not to increase fuel duty next year as the new chancellor John Healey's Autumn Budget approaches, amidst further pump price spikes. Both diesel and petrol prices have risen by 5p per litre in the last week, according to figures from the RAC, as conflict in the Middle East rages [...]